On Mon, 1 Jul 2024 15:01:37 +0000, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
> the question is whether they should be offering uninforme4d guesses as syntax > rules. > IMHO they should be providing tested examples and referring readers to the > Rexx documentation for details. IBM designed REXX to completely avoid the need for product developers to understand REXX. You create a unique REXX address environment and a simple interface (thru ADDRESS environment) that receives a string & returns REXX variables. You process the string as a command valid for your product which can be anything you want. SDSF has examples which is the only section I ever looked at. The syntax is self-evident because it follows the batch interface. I suspect the documentation refers readers to the REXX documentation but there are always people who can't connect the dots. While this isn't rocket science, the documentation exists solely to keep customers from calling support. Sometimes there is a need to cross contaminate a product's manuals to avoid the need to call support for help. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
